A Lagrangian view of Pacific water inflow pathways in the Arctic Ocean during model spin-up

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-80

  Hu, Xianmin ^a   Myers, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Gyre; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Freshwater; Numerical modeling; Pacific water route

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT GYRE; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; FRESHWATER; PACIFIC WATER;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY; WATER;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

FRESHWATER; GYRE; INFLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADA BASIN; CANADIAN ARCTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885470598     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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